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Little wonder Atlantic 10 commissioner Bernadette McGlade is asking Jackie Campbell to multi-task. Given Campbell's range of experience, she'd be otherwise remiss. Hired last week as senior associate commissioner, Campbell brings insight into NCAA tournament selection criteria, the ever-changing, often-byzantine legislative landscape, and the concerns of individual schools and athletes. Moreover, she knows the A-10 like few others, having served two varying stints totaling nine years in the conference office. The A-10 "is like home to me," Campbell said from NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, where she's worked six years, the first as director of women's...

HAMPTON — She is a rare talent, a player that other players stop to watch and that coaches covet. Even rarer, she remains grounded despite the attention, determined to enjoy her gifts and effort.
Asia Durr is the consensus No. 1 prospect in the Class...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If there ever were a sports matchup with organic hype, this is it: the first meeting of two undefeated teams in the final of an NCAA women's basketball tournament.
Add to that the sass, snark and sniping the coaches of those teams...

Hampton point guard Khadijah Berger, who will go into her senior season with 941 career points, has committed to Temple.
Berger took an unofficial visit to to the campus in Philadelphia last month. She turned down several suitors, including Virginia...

Boo Williams was disappointed, but not discouraged after a long day ended with his elite girls’ 16-and-under AAU basketball team eliminated from the weekend’s Nike Invitational that bears his name.
Boo’s girls fell to a smart, cohesive, if undermanned,...

The eighth-rated high school basketball player in the Class of 2013 can be seen on game nights at 100 Ireland Street. Six miles away at 1491 West Queen, you'll find No. 21. Five miles back to 522 Woodland Road, we have No. 105.
Three of the most...

New Virginia Tech women's basketball coach Dennis Wolff made an interesting observation about the learning curve he'll have to climb, in regard to coaching women at the Division I level for the first time in his career.
Though new to coaching women,...

Since their sport does not drive conference realignment, women’s basketball coaches had never created a stir on the issue. But women’s basketball has never had a coach quite like Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma.
He’s edgy, opinionated and wildly...

HAMPTON — Geno Auriemma said it took approximately five seconds to accept the position as U.S. Olympic women's team coach, a commitment that splits his time between the national power he's built at Connecticut and USA Basketball through the summer of...

HAMPTON When Tajama Abraham played AAU basketball for Boo Williams' program in the early 1990s, she had no idea if college coaches were watching her, largely because she couldn't identify or even name college coaches. She simply loved playing....

Alyssa Bennett, who helped Hampton's girls basketball team win the Group AAA state championship in 2007 before transferring to Oak Hill, has signed with Temple.
Bennett will be joining former Crabber teammate Tiffany Davis, who signed with the Owls...

ST. LOUIS  The No. 1 UConn women, driven by three stars as incomparably gifted as any they've ever had, won it all Tuesday.
Challenged briefly in the first half, the Huskies rolled as usual, defeating Louisville, 76-54, at the Scottrade Center to win...

STORRS — Kiah Stokes smiled mischievously when asked what she will say to Geno Auriemma when they hug at center court of Gampel Pavilion during Senior Day ceremonies Saturday.
"Maybe that he probably couldn't wait for this day to happen,"...

If I had some advice to offer UConn women's basketball fans as the program prepares to play another postseason, it would be to pay close attention. It is possible you likely don't realize how historically significant this year's team has already become....

What a month it has been for coaches. Bill Belichick won his fourth Super Bowl. Geno Auriemma won his 900th game. Gregg Popovich won his 1,000th game. Go back to January. Mike Krzyzewski won his 1,000th game. Urban Meyer won his third national...

STORRS – You may have heard pressure can make footballs do crazy things, some predictable, some not, depending on how you handle them.
Well, the same goes double for college basketball players. Coaches can pump them up or deflate them, depending on...

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies will have to wait a week before they officially move back into the No. 1 spot in the poll. They left no doubt who the best team in the country was Monday night, turning the showdown with top-ranked South Carolina into...

UConn left no doubt who the best team in the country is. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points and Breanna Stewart added 22 to help No. 2 UConn beat top-ranked South Carolina 87-62 on Monday night. "I think it speaks for itself," Stewart said....

Coach Geno Auriemma didn't like the way No. 2 Connecticut opened the game against Memphis, so he sent a message — sitting his two best players the bulk of the game. The benching of Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck left it up to the Huskies' reserves, and...